continuity

(kon-tin-u'i-tl) [L. continuus, continued.] Absence of interruption, a succe ion of parts intimately united. A single bone of the skull has the quality of continuity in all its parts; a cranial suture is marked by contiguity of the bones entering into its formation, amputa'tion in c, amputation through a long bone, between the joints, as contrasted with disarticulation, or amputation in contiguity, solu'tion of c, division of bones or soft parts which are normally continuous, as by a fracture, a laceration, or an incision.